A computer-implemented method and apparatus for development and use of a medical form. One example system receives a request on a first computer to create the medical form. The medical form includes user selected fields corresponding to patient information. The system further receives signals on the first computer, where the signals describe form fields for the medical form. The system communicates the medical form from the first computer to the first tablet device for display on the first tablet device. The system receives form values, wherein at least some of the form values correspond to information about an appointment. Responsive to receiving a completion signal, the system generates a clinical narrative for the appointment using the completed form values.
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2. The system of claim 1 wherein the application supports access to multiple different accounts within a medical practice group, wherein at least some accounts have restricted access to some of the form fields.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the application supports a staff account and a doctor account and wherein the staff account does not have access to all the form fields that the doctor account can access.
4. The system of claim 2 further comprising a program to resolve conflicts where two values have been simultaneously edited for the same field.
5. The system of claim 2 wherein a medical form can be associated with a set of billing codes and billing rules and where the system provides an indication when sufficient form fields have been completed to satisfy at least one billing rule.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the first indication includes a graphical representation of transferring the restricted access tablet computer to a patient and the second indication includes a graphical representation of transferring the restricted access tablet computer to a medical group staff member.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein the second indication includes an image showing the restricted access tablet being passed to the patient and wherein none of the patient information is shown on the restricted access tablet computer while the second image being displayed.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein the receiving the third signal includes the restricted access tablet computer receiving a digital representation of the patient's signature.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein the receiving the third signal includes receiving a signal indicating at least a portion of a patient sign in process is complete.
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December 6, 2019
August 16, 2022
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